| Walk: |
Morfa Nefyn & Porth Dinllaen |
| Map: |
Lleyn Peninsula West / Pen Llyn Ardal
Orllewinol 253 |
| Directions: |
Head for Nefyn on the A497 and when you
reach an island, go straight on into Morfa Nefyn. At the
crossroads in the middle of the village, again go straight over
and continue until you see the National Trust car park on your
right. |
| Say it!: |
Porth Dinllaen: porth din-ll*ine
Morfa Nefyn: morva nevin (roll the r)
*place your tongue behind your top teeth and blow either side |
It is hard to believe that this tucked away, waterside hamlet could
once have been North Wales' main port to Ireland, if one extra vote
hadn't swayed it Holyhead's way. The beach top community is home to
one of the best situated pubs on the peninsula and has a golf course
on the headland up behind it.
Porth Dinllaen also has a lifeboat station and a small information
cabin, which delves into the history of the place and it's people.
There is limited parking in Morfa Nefyn except for the National
Trust's car park, which is located just above the beach road. If the
tide is high then you need to go across the golf course to reach Porth
Dinllaen. If the tide is out, there are steps down from the cliffs in
front of the car park to the beach below. You can easily see if you
can make it around on the beach from the vantage point in the car
park. There are also excellent views from here of Yr Eifl further up
the coast.
When walking down onto the beach, turn left and follow the beach
round. At the first house along the beach, only at low tide can you
get around on the sand, so if it is mid tide or higher you will need
to walk up the slipway and across the front of the house onto a path
that leads back onto the beach on the other side. The next section
requires you to walk around the back of the house that is partially
suspended over the water whatever the tide. This path then leads you
onto the beach at Porth Dinllaen.
For a longer circular walk, continue straight over this beach and in
between the houses at the other end to continue following the path
around the headland. This path isn't very wide and is uneven in
places. It eventually comes out on the lifeboat beach, from where you
need to follow the track up behind the lifeboat station and then on
through the golf course, either turning back down into the village on
the concrete road or carrying on to the top of the course and the
clubhouse, where the road then leads from back down to the car park.
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